CHICAGO (Reuters) - Iowa corn farmer Bob Hemesath jokes that the government check he expects as compensation for his trade-war losses will soon allow him to splurge on upscale coffee in town instead of his usual burnt gas-station brew.

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(Bloomberg) -- U.S. farmers are pleased that Donald Trump and Xi Jinping agreed to a trade truce, but they’re not rejoicing just yet. That won’t come until they see ships full of their soybeans headed to China. “The bottom line is: what are the details?” said Sharon Covert, co-owner of a farm in North Central Illinois with 500 acres of soybeans. She’s one of several farmers...

U.S. farmers are pleased that Donald Trump and Xi Jinping agreed to a trade truce, but they’re not rejoicing just yet. That won’t come until they see ships full of their soybeans headed to China. “The bottom line is: what are the details?” said Sharon Covert, co-owner of a farm in North Central Illinois with 500 acres of soybeans. She’s one of several farmers interviewed Monday...

U.S. farmers are pleased that Donald Trump and Xi Jinping agreed to a trade truce, but they’re not rejoicing just yet. That won’t come till they see ships full of their soybeans bound for China. “The bottom line is: What are the details?” said Sharon Covert, co-owner of a farm in North Central Illinois with 500 acres of soybeans. She’s one of several farmers interviewed Monday...

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